Violin (2017 film)

2017 Russian film

Violin

Directed by| Konstantin Fam
Produced by| Konstantin Fam
Alex A. Petruhin
Boris Mints
Egor Odintsov
Starring| Lenn Kudrjawizki
Vladimir Koshevoy
Mikhail Gorevoy
Vyacheslav Chepurchenko
Maria King
Marusya Zykova
Alexey Petrukhin
Anzhelika Kashirina
Alim Kandur
Vyacheslav Ganenko
Music by| Egor Romanenko

Release date

* June 2017 (2017-06)

Running time

| 35 minutes
Country| Russia

Violin (Russian: Скрипка) is the final novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses".[1] The film opens at the beginning of the 20th century in a violin shop, where an instrument was created as a present for a Jewish boy. Later that violin became a witness to the tragic events that took place during the Holocaust. When the instrument turned a hundred years old, its journey ended a concert at the Wailing Wall.[2]

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Lenn Kudrjawizki as Leonid Shtiller
* Vladimir Koshevoi as Leo Shtiller
* Mikhail Gorevoy as Richard
* Vyacheslav Chepurchenko as Kurt
* Maria King as Rachel
* Maria Zykova as Ada
* Alex A. Petruhin as Otto
* Anzhelika Kashirina as Katya
* Alim Kandur as Shlomo
* Vyacheslav Ganenko as Moshe

## Production

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Filmmakers from Russia, Israel, the United States, Belarus and the Czech Republic participated in the production. The filming took place in Moscow, New-York, Prague, Brest, Minsk and ended in Jerusalem with accordance of the novel's plot.[3]

The film was created with the financial support of the Ministry for Culture of Russia, as well as private philanthropists.

## Confession

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Film premiered as part of the competition program of the 39th Moscow International Film Festival in June 2017.[4] It is also longlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.[5][6]

## Accolades

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### Awards

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* 39th Moscow International Film Festival, Competition program[7]
* The film is longlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, 2017[8][9]
* The film was nominated for the Golden Eagle Award of National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia for Best Short Film, 2017[10]
* Sochi International Film Awards (Russia), the award of the name of Vera Glagoleva; the special award of the Short Film Contest "For the Preservation of Historical Memory"[11]

## Official partners

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* Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia[12]
* Russian Jewish Congress
* Chabad Odessa

## See also

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* Witnesses (2018 film)
* Shoes (2012 film)
* Brutus (2016 film)

## References

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1. ^ "Лучшие фильмы о Второй Мировой". Afisha.uz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
2. ^ "Fam: a short meter boom is on its way. souzveche.ru". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
3. ^ "В рамках ММКФ в Доме кино прошла "Неделя белорусских фильмов в России"". 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
4. ^ "Кинобизнес / 39-й ММКФ: третий день". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
5. ^ "Российский фильм о Холокосте поборется за "Оскар"". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
6. ^ Inc., TV Rain (11 October 2017). "Музыка перед расстрелом: интервью с режиссером короткометражки "Скрипка" о Холокосте, которая выдвинута от России на "Оскар"". Retrieved 21 February 2018. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
7. ^ "СКРИПКА :: Каталог фильмов :: Московский Международный кинофестиваль". 39.moscowfilmfestival.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
8. ^ "Российский короткометражный фильм "Скрипка" поборется за "Оскар"". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
9. ^ "Шнейдеров: Короткометражка "Скрипка" имеет все шансы на статуэтку "Оскара"". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
10. ^ "Номинанты премии "Золотой Орел" за 2017 год". www.kinoacademy.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
11. ^ "Короткометражный фильм "Скрипка" режиссёра Константина Фама получил награду имени Веры Глаголевой". glasnarod.ru. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
12. ^ "Премьера фильма "Свидетели", созданного при поддержке ФЕОР, состоится в День памяти жертв Холокоста — Лехаим". lechaim.ru. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

## External links

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* Official website
* Violin at IMDb